Easton Corbin @ Washington County Fair | Good Time
Easton Corbin
Washington County Fair
August 13, 2021
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Sugar @ Mystic Seaport | There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back
There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back, Sugar, Mystic, June 2021 (Music Video)
An outstanding rendition of Shawn Mendes' "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back," performed by some of the region's most talented musicians, featuring Rickie Louise Miller on vocal, with Marcy Kelly and Sugar, the band that fills the dance floor, every time, on the first note.
This footage is essentially unedited. The camera guy did good, and didn't need to splice his way to a smooth and enjoyable experience. All I did was some color correction; shot with a single camera, no splices. There was a great turnout for the outdoor show at the Mystic Seaport, and as happens sometimes, Marcy let Rickie take the wheel for much of the show; Marcy manages the band but it's a two-girl show with three girls sharing the duties, which, in my opinion, has led to some endlessly fascinating combinations of style and personality, and a hugely wide basket of tunes. And when Marcy lets go of the reins, she has lots of time to dance! Just watch! :)
I'm taming the Osmo gimbal vidcam! And what a wonderful show it was on this beautiful sunny day!
xxx
Marcy Kelly, vocals
Rickie Louise Miller, vocals
Matt Dean, percussion
Izzy Malek, keys and vocals
Andy Chaney, bass
Ben Larose – drums
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Mark Urso
mark@markurso.com
@MusicVidNet
https://markurso.com/theres-nothing-holdin-me-back-sugar-mystic-june-2021-music-video/
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Malaena @ Phoenix | Pentalogy
A five-song set from Malaena
December, 2021
Phoenix Nightclub, Pawcatuck, CT
by Mark Urso for River Song Music
https://markurso.com/video-fix-malaena-5-song-set/
Bob Straub – Vocals, Saxophones, Flute, Percussion
Bernie Santore – Vocals, Guitar
Steve Belgrade – Lead Guitar, Vocals
Rich Kornacki – Drums, Percussion
Hilary Carboni – Keyboards, Vocals
Charlie Hedding – Bass, Vocals
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Into The Mystic
From Van Morrison's "Moondance"
Performed by Mark Urso
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Our Town
Written by Iris Dement
Performed by Mark Urso
From "Infamous Angel" (1992)
DeMent was inspired to write her first song, "Our Town," by a drive through a boarded-up Midwest town at the age of 25.[4] The song lyrics came to her "exactly as it is now," without need for re-writing, and she realized then that songwriting was her calling.[4] "Our Town" was played during the closing scene for the final episode (July 26, 1995) of CBS's television series Northern Exposure. The song has been recorded by Kate Rusby, Kate Brislin & Jody Stecher and Trampled by Turtles.
LYRICS and MORE information: https://markurso.com/our-town/
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Mark Urso @ Strange Brew | Making Pies
Mark Urso, guitar and vocals
Live at Strange Brew Pub, Norwich, CT
February 22, 2022
Written by Patty Griffin
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Malaena @ Phoenix | Tennessee Whiskey
Friday night was alive in the Westerly and Stonington area (RI/CT), where a good variety of musical acts are lined up right through the Columbus Day weekend. At Phoenix Dining and Entertainment in Pawcatuck, CT, the 6-piece pop cover band Malaena took the stage and I was there to capture a few songs.
Bob Straub - Vocals, Saxophones, Flute, Percussion (and bass on this tune)
Bernie Santore - Vocals, Guitar
Steve Belgrade - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Rich Kornacki - Drums, Percussion
Hilary Carboni - Keyboards, Vocals
Charlie Hedding - Bass, Vocals (he hands his bass to Bob for this song!)
It was a great show, with high energy and lots of people dancing! The Phoenix graciously welcomes everyone to come dance and enjoy great shows like this almost every night of the week!
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Mark Urso
mark@markurso.com
#MusicVidNet
https://markurso.com/tennessee-whiskey-and-its-effect-on-the-iphone-6-video-performance-featuring-malaena-and-duke-robillard/
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Duke Robillard @ Hygienic | Im Gonna Buy Me a Dog To Take The Place of You
Im Gonna Buy Me a Dog To Take The Place of You
Original from Duke Robillard!
With Joe Beard at the Hygienic in New London, CT, 9/11/21
New Englanders remembered September 11th with a wide variety of parades and special events. Westerly, Rhode Island hosted its annual Summer Pops concert in Wilcox Park, there were parades in many communities, and the entertainment menu was very full of musical events. In New London, CT, session drummer Bob Christina hosted "Bobby Christina's Blues Caravan," with blues legend Joe Beard, at the indoor/outdoor Hygienic Art Park on Bank Street.
Recorded with an Osmo Pocket gimbal camera by Mark Urso for River Song Music, Westerly, RI
More on the story here! https://markurso.com/tennessee-whiskey-and-its-effect-on-the-iphone-6-video-performance-featuring-malaena-and-duke-robillard/
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Easton Corbin @ Richmond, RI | Turn Up
Easton Corbin
Washington County Fair
August 13, 2021
Recorded by Mark Urso for River Song Music
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Easton Corbin @ Richmond, RI | Are You With Me
Easton Corbin
Washington County Fair
August 13, 2021
Recorded by Mark Urso for River Song Music
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Easton Corbin @ Washington County Fair 2021 | Somebody's Got To Be Country
Washington County Fair
August 13, 2021
http://www.markurso.com
#sharethemoon #markursomusic
By Mark Urso for River Song Music, Westerly, RI
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Franklin Brothers Band @ Phoenix | Ain't Nobody
Cover of Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody"
Performed by Carl Franklin and the Franklin Brothers Band
Phoenix Nightclub, Pawcatuck, CT
Filmed by Mark Urso for River Song Music
August, 2021
Hailing from New London, CT, the Franklin Brothers Band consists of brothers Jay Franklin (keyboards and vocals) and Carl Franklin (guitars and vocals) alongside a killer line-up of impeccable local musicians. The current configuration includes Dave Cafro on trumpet, Rob Funk on trombone, Cedric Mayfield and Gary Boigen on saxes, Tom DaFaria on drums, Nick Cancelmo on bass, local legend Che Cartafalsa on percussion, and Nichelle Rollins on lead and backup vocals.
https://franklinbrothersband.com/
http://www.markurso.com
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Easton Corbin @ WC Fair | A Girl Like You
Easton Corbin
Washington County Fair
August 13, 2021
Recorded by Mark Urso for River Song Music
www.markurso.com
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Neaky Freat
Neaky Freat
Written by Mark Urso
Lyrics are here: https://markurso.com/neaky-freat/
Produced by Mark Urso in Reaper
All instruments and vocals by Mark Urso
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Fire on the Mountain
Produced by Mark Urso
Vocal, guitar and everything else: Mark Urso
Written by Hunter/Hart.
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Chris Leigh Band @ Knickerbocker | Jambalaya
Recorded July 24, 2021
Knickerbocker, Westerly, RI
Recorded by Mark Urso for River Song Music
Chris Leigh, vocal, guitar
Tommy Reed, bass
Bobby Christina, drums
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Sugar @ Mystic Seaport | Cheerleader
Featuring Ed Mudrak on trumpet
And Izzy Malek on keys and vocals!
Sugar at Mystic Seaport Museum
June 5, 2021
https://markurso.com/sugar-band-dance-party-music-video/
Marcy Kelly, vocals
Rickie Louise Miller, vocals
Matt Dean, percussion
Joe Michael, guitar
Ed Mudrak, trumpet
Izzy Malek, keys and vocals
Andy Chaney, bass
Ben Larose – drums
Cheerleader - OMI
When I need motivation
My one solution is my queen
'Cause she stay strong, yeah, yeah
She is always in my corner
Right there when I want her
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
[Pre-Chorus]
And they say
Do you need me?
Do you think I'm pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
And I'm like no, not really 'cause
[Chorus]
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
[Verse 2]
She walks like a model
She grants my wishes like a genie in a bottle, yeah, yeah
'Cause I'm the wizard of love
And I got the magic wand
All these other girls are tempting
But I'm empty when you're gone
And they say
[Pre-Chorus]
And they say
Do you need me?
Do you think I'm pretty?
Do I make you feel like cheating?
And I'm like no, not really 'cause
[Chorus]
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
[Bridge]
Hmm, she gives me love and affection
Baby, did I mention?
You're the only girl for me
No, I don't need a next one
Mama loves you too
She thinks I made the right selection
Now all that's left to do
Is just for me to pop the question
[Chorus]
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
Oh, I think that I found myself a cheerleader
She is always right there when I need her
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Chris Leigh Band @ Hygienic | Walkin' The Dog
Bobby Christina's Blues Caravan hits New London, CT
Sept. 11, 2021
Chris Leigh, guitar and vocal
Tommy Reed, bass
Bob Christina, drums
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Duke Robillard @ Hygienic | C.C. Rider
Sept. 11, 2021 at New London, CT
Recorded and captured by Mark Urso for River Song Music
Duke Robillard, guitar and vocal
Joe Beard, guitar
Tommy Reed, bass
Bobby Christina, drums
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Indian Sunset
Written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
From the album "Madman Across the Water"
Performed by Mark Urso
This is a beautiful, rambling ballad typical of some of the cultural topical stuff Elton John produced in the 1970's. This is from "Madman Across The Water" (1971), words by Bernie Taupin. It's about an Indian who finds himself alone when his tribe is lost at war. It's a big brown bear to play and sing. :)
Indian Sunset (John/Taupin) Lyrics
As I awoke this evening with the smell of wood smoke clinging
Like a gentle cobweb hanging upon a painted tepee
Oh I went to see my chieftain with my war lance and my woman
Oh he told us that the yellow moon would very soon be leaving
This I can't believe I said, I can't believe our warlord's dead
Oh he would not leave the chosen ones to the buzzards and the soldiers guns
Oh great father of the Iroquois ever since I was young
I've read the writing of the smoke and breast fed on the sound of drums
I've learned to hurl the tomahawk and ride a painted pony wild
To run the gauntlet of the Sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine
And now you ask that I should watch my red man's race be slowly crushed
What kind of words are these to hear! From Yellow Dog whom white man fears!
(transition)
I take only what is mine Lord, my pony, my squaw, and my child
I can't stay here to see you die, along with my tribe's pride
I go to search for the yellow moon and the fathers of our sons
Where the red sun sinks in the hills of gold and the healing waters run
Trampling down the prairie rose, leaving hoof tracks in the sand
Those who wish to follow me, I welcome with my hands
I heard from passing renegades Geronimo was dead
He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead
(transition)
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
In this land that once was my land I can't find a home
It's lonely and it's quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
And I think it's time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
For soon I'll find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Where the buffaloes graze in clover fields without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole
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Mark Urso @ River Song | Raining in Baltimore
With Brandon Raimondo on drums
Recorded Feb., 2019 at River Song Music
Mark Urso, vocal and guitar
https://markurso.com/raining-in-baltimore-video/
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Mark Urso @ River Song | John Cockers
With Brandon Raimondo
Written by John Mellencamp
John Cockers
I don't accommodate nobody! I just take care of myself
Got a house down on a dusty road - I don't need nobody else
I got a wife and some kids ... I don't know where they're at
I know many many people, but I ain't got no friends
Well I used to have some values; now they just make me laugh
I used to think things would work out fine but they never did do that
All these bosses and the rules! It's hard for me to fit in
Must be ten million people, but I ain't got no friends
Well I'm a little isolated! - I live most days in my head!
And when I go to sleep at night I got no sheets on my bed
I'm a little hard headed ... I can't wait for this to end
I see people coming and going, but I ain't a got no friends
Well I look out of my window into the darkness of night
My head gets to spinning so I shut out the light
I don't care if I see tomorrow! If I had a reason I'd pretend
I know one thing for certain! I ain't a got no friends
Well one of these days my anger, get the best of my soul
In one desperate moment I'm gonna dig me a hole
I'm gonna lie down in it and let be what will be
When the morning sun rises there'll be no one to mourn for me
When the morning sun rises there'll be no one to mourn for me
I don't accommodate nobody! I just take care of myself
Got a house down on a dusty road - I don't need nobody else
I got a wife and some kids ... I don't know where they're at
I know many many people, but I ain't got no friends
I know many many people, but I ain't got no friends
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20th Century Kids @ Phoenix | 6 Underground
Performing at the Pheonix nightclub in Pawcatuck, CT
Featuring Rickie Louise Miller, vocal and percussion, and Brian Merritt, vocal and guitar.
This was the band's debut live performance, September 2021.
Miller does not normally sing with this band, but joined them for this very special performance. The band was outstanding!
The song is by Sneaker Pimps.
Lyrics
Take me down
6 underground
The ground beneath your feet
Laid out low
Nothing to go
Nowhere a way to meet
I've got a head full of drought
Down here
So far off of losing out
Round here
Overground, watch this space
I'm open to falling from grace
Calm me down
Bring it round
Too way high off your street
I can see
Like nothing else
In me
You're better than I wannabe
Don't think 'cos I understand
I care,
Don't think 'cos I'm talking
We're friends
Overground, watch this space
I'm open to falling from grace
Talk me down
Safe and sound,
Too strung up to sleep
Wear me out
Scream and shout
Swear my time's never cheap
I fake my life like I've lived
Too much,
I take whatever you're given, not enough
Overground, watch this
Space, I'm open
I fake my life like I've lived
Too much,
I take whatever you're given, not enough
Overground, watch this
Space, I'm open
To falling
From grace.
Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Chris Corner / Howe Liam Coverdale / Ian Pickering / John Barry
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Mystic Dead @ The Knick | Mississippi Half Step Medley
Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo / Franklin's Tower / Deal - Mystic Dead live at The Knickerbocker
February 14, 2020, Westerly, RI
This band is almost as sweet as sugar!
A great performance for a happy Valentine's Day crowd at Westerly's Knickerbocker Music Center. This is a 26-minute medley using two cameras. Mississippi Half Step Uptown Toodeloo, Franklin's Tower and Deal. This is really fun!
As you might expect at a Dead tribute concert, my b-roll came out better than my a-roll! This is not about Twinkies or rollin' in the hay! Canon XA-30 camcorder on a tripod, DJI Osmo Pocket gimbal camera in flight!
The Canon performs big zooms with glass magnification nicely, which is what I'll add next field trip, because this time I just put up the Canon and left it there. I put an external microphone (Comica CVM-VM10) on the Osmo and the audio from that device was better even though I was in motion, and that's compared to a the top-of-the line Rode on-camera mic, which is on the Canon. At 2:20, the b-roll audio is mixed in ... from zero to 2:20 it's just raw Canon audio.
The audio you hear (post 2:20) is a mix of 100 percent from the Osmo blended with 70 percent volume on the Canon audio. The Osmo did well! Next test I will also (note to self) down-adjust the input volume on the Canon, which was on auto; if the music is loud enough, these devices will automatically compress the sound. Perfection is near.
The best flying shot might be at 25:20. I was walking backwards; the effect is killer. It's just a short bit of movement, but really shows how easily the camera can mimic some very expensive equipment that you not only don't have to buy, but you don't have to load in or carry. The Osmo is just a small device with an iris-less lens mounted on a motorized gimbal at the top. With the selfie stick the company makes, I can easily get it above the heads of the audience, putting me right where I want to be, wherever that may be! You can see the flying well, starting at 25:20.
At 13:38 you can clearly see how I'm holding the Osmo; watch the keyboardist while zoomed out.
Mystic Dead is Toby Kniffin, guitar and vocals; Ian Kelly, guitar and vocals; Paul Sauvageau, keys and Vocals; Marty Moroney, bass; Jason Hartley, drums.
I do this to make great video and build a portfolio. I try to be inconspicuous and not scare folks off the dance floor with my camera. I also never tell the band I'm coming, so what you see is more or less my photo-bombing the shows of very talented musicians! It's 100% authentic!
I want to bring them to your little screen, from in the middle of the audience, and create media that will also look good on the big screen, with high quality audio! I'm sure sometimes I've opened the eyes of potential fans, but also of the musicians themselves, who, sometimes for the first time, get to see and hear themselves from the audience's point of view.
Please feel free to contact me regarding audio and video, and comment generously!
These guys did an amazing job! This is definitely a show you should go to! Thanks to The Knickerbocker Music Center, Mystic Dead, Shawn Allen and Mark Connolly!
Now grab that volume knob, wake up some kitties, and roll away the dew!
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Mark Urso
mark@markurso.com
@MusicVidNet
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